Amid escalating tensions with Pakistan and Operation Sindoor, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval Thursday briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the latter's residence here.
The Pakistani NSA, who is also the Director General of the ISI, has reportedly spoken to Doval in an effort to de-escalate the situation.
India is believed to have told friendly nations that it did not want to escalate the situation after carrying out missile attacks on terrorists' hideouts in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), but is ready to retaliate if the neighbouring country decides to escalate.
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'Our security forces have once again displayed utmost bravery and professionalism. Thanks to their alertness, they have defeated a nefarious plot,' PM said.
Hitting out at Pakistan, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said that at the meeting of the National Security Advisers (NSAs) of member states of the SCO hosted by Russia, the chair of the SCO, the Pakistani NSA deliberately projected a fictitious map that Pakistan has recently been propagating.
'The focus of the conversation between NSA Ajit Doval and Chinese FM Wang Yi was the full and enduring restoration of peace and tranquillity.'
